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32 pages • first pub 1950 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 978024I515006
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books/Penguin Classics
Publication date: 07 January 2021
Description
Shooting an Elephant was the first piece of writing by George Orwell to be published by Penguin, in 1940. It is a searing and honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma: killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd, ...
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Animal death, Animal cruelty, ColonisationModerate
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Homophobia, Blood
32 pages • first pub 1950 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 978024I515006
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books/Penguin Classics
Publication date: 07 January 2021
Description
Shooting an Elephant was the first piece of writing by George Orwell to be published by Penguin, in 1940. It is a searing and honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma: killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd, ...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Animal death, Animal cruelty, ColonisationModerate
Child abuse, Racial slurs, RacismMinor
Homophobia, Blood